modified its methodology to consistently report the performance of county tax collectors;

established pilot projects to assess the validity of using driver skill-based testing to determine driver competency;

established a task force to review new research and technological developments for improving driving tests;

modified its reporting system to provide data that can be used to evaluate the effect of driver distractions on crash rates;

increased its contracting with county tax collectors to provide driver license-related services; and

increased its efforts to identify uninsured motorists.

What were our earlier findings?Report No. 01-02Justification Review: Driver License-Related Activities Performed by the Licenses, Titles, and Regulations Program Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, published in January 2001.

Report No. 04-52Information Brief: Department Has Taken Steps to Improve the Detection of Uninsured Motorists, published in August 2004.

Report No. 01-03Justification Review: Motor Vehicle-Related Activities Performed by the Licenses, Titles, and Regulations Program Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, published in January 2001.

Report No. 00-25Program Review: License Plate Seizure Program’s Error Rate Still High; Program Should Be Abolished, published in December 2000.

Report No. 97-20Follow-up Report on the Uninsured Motorist Program Administered by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, published in December 1997.

Report No. 95-15Review of the Uninsured Motorist Program, published in December 1995.